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VOL. XVII.NO. 30.TILLMAN AND ML AURIN.Tillman Charges McLaurin With Being Bought by FederalPatronage.McLaurin Brands the Statement as a Willful, Malicious andDeliberate Lie.The Senators Have a Fisticuff and tho Senate Declares Them InContempt.Both Apologize to the Senate, But Not to Each Other.Washington's birthday was celebratod in tho United States Seuate by a fisticuff botween tho Senators from South Carolina. Tho day set apart by thonation to givo tho American people an opportunity to honor tho memory ofGoorgo Washington, tho first President of tho United States, was tho occasionof a disgraceful and sensational scono In tho Senate chamber, and tho Senatorsfrom South Caroliua wero tho active participants in tho affray.Mr. Tilltuau, in iho courso of aspeech upen the Philippine tnrilf blll)mado Borious reflections upon the honorof his colleague, Mr. McLaurin. Inbrief, he charged that McLaurin's votein support of tho ratification of thetreaty of Paris had been cast throughthe exercise of improper intluonces.His statcmeut was developed in acolloquy with Mr. Spoouer, of Wisconsin. Mr. Tilhnan at flYst declined tomention names, hut when the Wisconsin Senator reminded him that ho owedit to himself, to the Senato and thocountry to " namo tho man," Mr. Tillman indicated that ho rofcrred to hiscolleague from South Carolina. Lillloimagining that his words were likely tobe prophetic, Mr. Spooner remarked,sontontiouely: 1 will leave the Senator to tight that out with his colleague."Mr. McLaurin was not in tho chamber at the time, being engaged iu committeo work, but ho was scut forjaudappeared just as Mr. Tillman concluded his speech.Pale as death, Mr. McLaurin arose,speaking to a question of personalprivilege. Ho reviewed Tillman'scharges briefly, and then denouncedthe statement mado by his colleagueas a " wilful, malicious and aeliberalelio."Scarcely had tho words fallen fromhis lips when Tiilinan, sitting a fewseats from him, with Mr. Teller, ofColorado, between them, sprang athim. McLaurin, who had half turnedtowaid Tillman, mot him halfway, andin an instant tho two Sonatots, haviugswept Mr. Teller aside, wore engagedin a rough and tumble list tight. McLaurin received a heavy blow on thoforehead while Tillman got a bad punchon the noso which brought blood.Assistant Sergcanl-at-Arms I.nylonsprang over desks to reach and separate the combatants and himself received Heven.1 blows, lie got betweenthem Anally, and by main strengthwrenched them apart. Senators Warren , of Wyoming, and Scott, of WestVirginia, two of the most powerfulmen in tho Senate, leaped to his assistance and pinioning tho arms of thobelligerent Senators, forced them intotheir seats.Intense excitement prevailed in thoSonate and in tho galleries which werethionged with people who had beenattracted by the spirited debate. Everybody was on his fcot. Not a word,however, was spoken.The Washington correspondent oftho News and Courier gives tho following account of tho occurrence:Washington, D. C, Fob. 22.?Senator Tillman and Senator McLaurincamo to blows in tho Sonate this afternoon. McLaurin called Tillman a malicious liar. Tilhnan sprang at hisyoung colleague, dealt him a severeMow in the face and McLaurin retaliated with an upper cut on Tillman'sjaw. Tho belligerents,woro separated,the doois closed, and, in executive session, tho two South Carolina Senatorswore declared to he iu contempt of theSonate, and their cases were referredto tho commit tee on privileges andelections for such action as may bedeemed necessary. After the executive session the two Senators in contempt woro permitted to apologize totho Sonate and it is probable that theincident is closed for tho present.The coarso and vulgar performanceof the South Carolina Senators surpasses anything of the kind in thehistory of tho United States Sonate.It is difficult to describe tho sensationcreated as the two Senators grappledeach other in desperate encounter inthe presence of more than a quorum ofthe Senate and well filled gal lories.It was Washington's birthday andSenator Spooner was delivering hisspeech in favor of Mio Phihppino tariffbill. There was a largo crowd in attendance to bear him, and during thecourse of his spocch he became involvedin a spirited colloquy with Senator Tillman as to the part William JenningsBryan played in securing tho ratification of the peace treaty with Spain, bywhich the Philippine Islands came intothe possession of the United Statos.Senator Tillman, with characteristicvim and brutal frankness, declared thatthe ratification of the Spanish treatyhad b&en secured by tho vote of amember of the Senate in return for thedisposal of Federal patronage in a cortain State. Sonator Spooner interrogated Senator Tillman so closely thatthe latter was forced to admit that thesubsidized Sonator wus his own colleague from South Carolina. SenatorSpooner replied that ho would leavethe matter to bs settled with the juniorSenator from South Curolioa.It was supposed that tho incidentwas closed, in view of the fact (hat(Senator Tillraan had lcpeatedly chargedhis colleague with selling his vote forthe treaty in consideration for Federalpatronage tn South Carolina. Duringthe colloquy between Senators Tillmanand Spooner, Senator McLaurin woeabsent from tho chamber, attendinga meeting of the committee on Indianaffairs. He was notified that he wasbeing attacked in the Senate by hfscolleague, so he hurried back to thechamber. He sent for a copy of thenotes of the ofllcial reporter, giving theexact language of Senator Till man.After reading the notes carefully Senator Mclianrin was recognized and ad"dressing the Senate, denounced thetotementof Senator Till man as "Awilful, deUborato aud malicious Ho."Tho assault caino when tho finalword 44 lio " was spoken by McLaurin.Tillman sprang up like a Hash, jumpedover tho chairs between him pud hiscolleaguo, and beforo he could bestopped dealt him a severe blow on theforehead, which raised a largo red welt.McLnurlu warded off the blow, whichwas intended for his eye, and retaliatedwith a ilorco upper-cut, lauding onTillman's jaw. The two men clinched,but beforo auy moro blows wore exchanged Senator Warren, of Wyoming, Assistant Sorgcant-at-Arms Layton, Senator Tillman's son, who waspresout, and several other persons,separated tho belligerents.Tho encounter ouly occupied a fewseconds, but it was fierce aud desperatewhile it lasted. The greatest excitement provailed in the Souate and theoccupants of tho galleries arose fromtheir seats apparently anticipating afree Qght all around on the floor boluvv.Senator Toller, who Bits next toSonator Tillman, arose aud called thetwo Senators to order as soon as hecould recover from the shock whichSenatorial dignity and decorum hadsustaiued. Senator Foraker aud otherSenators woro on their feet at tho sametime, declaring that the dignity of thoSenate had beon outraged by the unprccdonted performance of tho twoSenntors from South Carolina, aud moved that the Scnato proceed to executivosession.Tho galleries were cleared, the doorslooked and for more than two hoursthe two Senators from South Carolinawcro subjected to sevoro censure bytheir colleagues, Democratic and Republican, for the disgraceful encounterin open Senate. At the conclusion ofihn debate, in which neither SenatorTillman nor Senator McLaurin waspermitted to participate, a motion todeclare the two Sonators in contemptwas unanimously adopted. A furthorraotiou was adopted to refer the case tothe committee on privileges and elections for Buch action as the circumstances justify.It was halt-past 6 o'clock when thoexecutive session concluded and theScnato resumed business in ipen session. Senator Tillman sat quietly athis desk, surrounded by three or fourSenators, with a smile of deQnnco on Ibis faco. A short distance away satSonator McLaurin, cool aud collected,in conversation with Senators Racon, Jof Georgia, and Patterson, of Colorado. ISonator Blackburn, acting as media-1tor between the two Senators, urgedthat Tillman bo allowed to apologizefor his uuseomly conduct. There wasa parliamentary squabble as to whether,uuder tho rules oi tho Senate, Sonatorsin contempt were allowed to bo heardin their own behalf. Sonator Tellerbald thtjt both Sonators had indicateda desire to tnako amends, and the IChair ruled that by unanimous consentboth Senators might be heard.Senator Tillman took tho lloor firstand apologized for losing his temper]and offending the dignity of the Senate. He remarked, sarcastically, thathis experience as Governor of SouthCarolina for four years had perhapsunfitted him for meeting all the requirements of tho dignity and precedents oftho Scnato. Ho said he regretted hisconduct and added, while he was sorryfor what had occurred, he had actedunder sevoro provocation. ? I am Isorry for what I did, but undor thecircumstances I could not have doneotherwise, and, while I apologize tothe Senate, I have nothing further tosay."Senator McLaurin was then recognized, and declared, with great earn-lestness, that ho was not willing to admit that ho was in contempt, and appealed to the Rocord to show that hisutterances had violated no rulos of theSonato. He was proceeding to say thatthese charges made against him in connection with his vote on tho treaty hadbeen repoated so often that ho was tiredand sick of having them thrust into histeeth. As a man of honor he could nothold up his head unless ho openlybranded those accusations as maliciously false. Then, for tho first time,showing great excitement, SenatorMcLaurin was proceeding to say: ?? IfI hoar auy more of this "?hero ho wassuddenly interrupted by Senator Patterson, of Colorado, who advised himto say no more. It was evident thatthe junior Sonator was worked up tothe point of delivering a throat, butacting upon the suggestion of sevoralSenators noar him, he abruptly tookhis seat.Thus the most exciting incident thoSenate has ever known ended for thetime beiug. To-night the Senatorialscrap is tho one topic of conversationin Washington. Opinions aro aboutequally divided as to who had the advantage in tho oncounter. Tho apologies which both Senators offered canhardly be regarded as duo reparationfor tho disgraceful indignity inflictedupon the Senate, and many Democraticand Republican Senators express theopinion that precautions shall be takento far as the committee of privilegesand elections is concerned to prevent arecurrence of to-day's scene.Way down undor the surface it is believed that the friction between Senator Tdlman and Senator McLaurlu isdue to the tight they are now engagedin 07er the ponding appointments ofHr. Koostor, as clerk of internal revenue, and Postmasters Richardson, Chaffed and Parcel! t at Greenville; Alkenami Nowberry, respectively. All oftbo appointments wero made at thoinstance of Sonator McLaurin, and arcbciug held up in committee, it is said,indirectly, by Senator Tillman.TILLMAN SARCASTIC AND M'LAUKINDEFIANT.Tho Washington coriespondontof thoAtlanta Constitution describes whatensued aftor tho light as follows:After they had been soparatcd andorder restored McLaurin endeavored tocontinue. <ll will now proceed withmy remarks, which wore so unceremoniously interrupted," ho began. Hewas call od to ordor.Thero was a hasty motion for an executive session and the galleries wcrocleared. For nearly two hours thoSenate was in secret session. Thoflagrant contempt of the Senators wasdiscussed in all its buari' gs. Twovoles wero takon, one upon a motionto go into legislative session with aview of permitting Iho offenders tosubmit apologies beforo their cuseswcro p;c< etl upon. This was defeatedI by a vote of 18 to 42.The vote was practically on partylines, Senator Spoouer being tho onlyRepublican to support the motion audSenator Mallory tho only Democrat tovolo aguiuat it. While thero was, ofcourso, general agreement that therowas no politics in tho matter at all,Democratic Senators generally thoughtin view ot the precedent thut would boestablished it was essential to proceedcalmly und not hastily. This beingdefeated, all voted for Senator Forakor'smotion, declaring both Senators m coulempt, and reforriug their cases to thocommitteo on privileges ami eleclion<j.Senator Ilonr wuntcd both men placedunder arrest by tho sergeant-at-arms,but this was not generally indorsed.Those who expected anything likeapologies to each other from eithorTillman or McLaurin wore disappointed. What they said concerning thoregret they felt for infringement uponthe dignify of tho Senate was clearenough, but it was clear from both thowords and the mauuer of each that hefelt ho would do exactly the same thingagain undor similar circumstances.When tho doors opened and tho oxcited crowds filled tho galleries theysaw Tillman rather Hushed in the facoand smiling with soveial of his followSenators about him, while McLaurmwas by himself, pale but apparentlycool.During tho wranglo ovor tho desirefor a ruling from the chair upon thequestion of whether cither could address tho chair in his own rigbtoronlyby sufferance of the Senate, neithermanifested any particular interest intho proceedings. Then followed thestatements.Tillman spoke in low tones, his sentences being clean-cut and incisive, ilisrcferenco to his lack of previous training in legislation and consequent unpreparedness for tho niceties of Senatodistinction when ho came here madeeverybody wonder whether ho wasreally humble or was indulging in a bitof characteristic sarcasm, but his expression of regret for his actions wassincere Ho had been ready to expressregrets two minutes after the conflict,he said, but in the faco of tho lie passedtowards him ho could not have donootherwise than ho did.Senator McLaurin's statement sounded more doflant. Ho said he had notrealized that ho was in contempt in hisutterances nor did he feel so now, butas the Senate thought otherwise heentered an apology. It was plain hewas very much excited, and ho proceeded to recite his complaint againsttho treatment ho had received. Itlooked as if ho would go beyond thelimits of discretion. This he almostdid as ho concluded with what wasplainly a threat. "1 am done," he said,"except to say that if there is any moretalk of that kind or any more?"Tillman turned in his chair. Senator Patterson, who sits in front ofMcLaurin, admonished him in a lowtono and McLaurin sat down. The incident was closed fcr tho present.HK NATO It TOLLMAN'S APOLOGY." Mr. President : I have alwaysesteemed it an honor and privilege tobe a member of this body. I had neverhad any legielative oxporionco when Icame hero and my previous service asGovernor of South Carolina for fouryears had uniltted me in a measure toenter this august assembly with thatdignity and regard, proper regard, Iwill say, for its traditions and habitsand rules that is desirable." I have been hero seven years. 1have in that lime learned to judge menwith a little more catholicity of spiritthan I did when I camo horc. I havefound a great many people bete inwhoso personal integrity and honorand rogard for their obligations as gontlemen I have implicit confidence; butI have scon so much of partisanship, Ihave soon* so much of what I considorslavish Bubmi88ion|to party domination,that I confess I have felt somowhat ata loss how to judge, mon who in onoaspect appeared to bo so high and cleanand honorablo and in another apponrodmore or loss despicable I say this bocause of thO I act that one of t lie .Senator., has seen flt to allude to somo mattors that occurred in the debate thisafternoon. I now want to say that sofar as any action of mino has causodany Senator here, or the Sonato as abody, or tho peoplo of the UnitedStates to feol that I have been derelict.and proper observance of the rules ofand that I have not showu thatcourlesythis body, that 1 rogret it; 1 apologizefor it, I was ready to do that twominutes after I had acted, but undertho provocation which was known toall of you I could not have actod otherwise than I did, and wh.lj I apologizeto the Senate and am sorry that it ha Ioccurred, I have nothiug more to say.SENATOR M'LAURINS APOLOGY.Sonator AfcLnurin roso at the conclusion of Senator Tollman's brief address, lie, too, was calm, but it wasevident that ho was suppressing Idsemotion by an effort. He spoke withgreater feeling than had been manifested by his colleaguo, particularlywhen he told the Senate how sorely hehad been tried by the accusationsOA.BTOni/v.SALT RHEUM CURED BYJohnston's SarsaparillaQUART BOTTLES.jrvsT Iben in Time.Blight Nktn Krnptlonrf aro a Warning of Something ITIoro Nerton* to Com??The Only Salo War In to Hood tl?o Warning. Johnstuii'ti ftareaparlllala the Mont Powerful Blood Purifier Known.Nature, in her efforts to correot mlstukoB, which mistakes have come fromcareless living, or it may bo from ancestors, shoots out pimples, blotches andother imperfections on tno skin, oa a warning that more serious troubles (perhaps tumors, cancers, eryeipelas or pulmonary diseases) aro certain to follow ifyou neglect to heed tho warning ana corroat the mlstukes.Many a lingcriug, painful disoase and many an early death has been avoidedsimply becauso thoso notes of warning havo been heeded and the blood keptpure by a right use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA.Miss Abbio J. Rando, of Marshall, Mich., writes:" I was cured of a bad humor after sum-ring with it for five years. Thodoctors and my friends said it was salt rheum. It camo out on my head, neckand ears, and then on my wholo body. I was perfectly raw with It. What Isuffered during thoso flvo years, is no uso telling. Nobody would believe me IfI did. I tried every medlolno that was advertised to cure it. I spent moneyenough to buy a houso. I hoard JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA highlySraised. I tried a buttle of it. I begun to improve right away, and when I haunished tho third bottlo I was completely cured. I have nover had a touch of itsinco. I nover got any thing to do mo the least good till I tried JOHNSTON'SSARSAPARILLA. I would heartily adviso all wno ?ro suffering from humorsor ?kin diseaso of any kind to try it at once. I had also a good deal of stomachtrouble, and was run down and miserablo, but JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLAmado mo all right."Tho blood is your lifo and if you keop it pure and strong you can positively reBifit diseaso or faco contagion fearlessly. JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA neverfails. It is for sale by all druggists, in full quart bottles at ociy one dollar each.MXOXZIOriUV JOXVXJC3r OOUPAJTY, XJ1?TH.OIT, aflCKJI*Kor Salo by tho Laurens Drug Company, Laurens, S. C.which had been made against him fromlime to time. His statement follows:" Mr. President: I did not realizethat L was in contempt of tho Senatenor do I think now if my words aroread in tho Record that I was in contempt of tho Senate, but at tho sametime, as tho Senate has ruled that I amin contempt of this honorable body, Ibeg loave to apologize.*' I desiro to say, Mr. President, thatI have been very sorely and severelytried. I was in attendance on thocommittoo on Indian affaire when I received a message from a friend in theSenate that my presence was neededhero." Tho hist >ry of tho vote on thoSpanish treaty is known to all of you.There have been statements made innewspapers and insinuations that I hadbeen influenced by improper motivesin connection with my voto on thattreaty. Knowing in my soul and knowing that God in Heaven also knowsthat it was false, when I was told thatit was centred down to me I was sooutraged by what I considered a mostbrutal assault upon my honor as a man,and especially in view of the fact thatin the begmniug of tho session, afterthe action of my party associates.1 inado a m?st careful and deliberatestatement, explaing all those matters,I did not feel, as a man, that 1 could........ i...i .1 ,,,, ..... hr>nH ?-?;.. it 1 AlA nniI ' .....v. U|> 7 UuMU ugltlll 11 L wilt UUbrcsout it in the place whero it was delivered, in the strongest and mostforcible terms that I could employ." With that, Mr. President, "i amdone, except I have this to st>y : Ifthoro is any more talk of that kind orauy moro"?As Senator McLaurin uttered thelast sentences of his address, intimating that if there was any further effortto press upon him the'Caccusalionswhich had been made against him theremight bo trouble, there was an evidentstir in the Senate Several SenatorsroBO to their feet, as if half expectinga renewed outbreak of trouble SenatorRacon, of Georgia, and Senator Patterson, of Colorado, both of whom weresilting near Senator McLaurin, urgedhim to stop where he was, Senator Patterson saying:" I beg the Senator to lcfrain."" I will refrain then, Mr. President,said Senator McLaurin. As he resumed his scat he mado an effort tocompose himself as if to dispel any fearon tho part of those about him that itmight havo been his intention to precipitate further disturbances by anyviolent comments.STATUS OK OUK SENATORS.The status of Senators Tillman andMcLaurin is that thoy are still in contempt of the Senato, and only by a votoof the Sonato can cither bo recognizedeither to speak or to vote on any question whatever. Tho Senate is operating under a clause of Section G, Article 1, of tho Constitution, which re.cites :" Each houso may dctermino therules of its proceedings, punish mcmbois for disorderly behavior, and withthe concurrence of two.thirds expel amember."Tho Sonate adopted a resolution declaring both Tdlman and McLaurin incontempt. By a votoboth were allowedto raako statements in which bothapologized for their actions. But theSenate took uo further action, and theresolution referring tho raattor to thecommitteo on privdeges and electionsiB still in operation, and until the committee is discharged or tho Senato relieves tho South Carolina Senators oltho contempt, thoy must romain silentin the Senate. This is the judgmentof all Senators who havo consideredthe question and the presiding olllcer, Iit is said will refuso to rccogni/.o their |tight to participate in tho proceedingsuntil tho order of contempt is vacated.An Alleged Duel im Pkohpect.Milt Saul, a correspondent in Washington, sends tho following special tothe Augusta Chronicle :It is possible that tho Tillman-McI, tin in light on tho Sonato iloor todaywill end lti a duel down the Potomac.Senator McLaurin, aftor adjournment of tho Senate, late in the afternoon, called Senator Pritchard, ofNorth Carolina, into conference andasked him to be tho bearer of a formalchallengo to Senator Tlllman.The challnngo was written out.Owing to the secrecy, which natural!)encloses such an affair, it is impossibletonight to learn any further proceedings which might havo occurred.It is possiblo that Senator Pritcharddeclined to convoy tho challonge andthat Sonator McLaurin sought olhoifriends.That tho challengo was written out,CASTOR IAFor Infants and Children.The- Kind Yon Have Always Boughthowever, is vouched for hy a conservative Southern Senator to whom thofirst stop in tho affair was rolaled.When I called on Senator Fritchardtonight, he douicd that he had seen aformal challongo and said ho had no information to give out for publication.Senator Tillman would not be sccuand Senator McLaurin would not talk.Close personal friends of Senator Tillman declared that ho will promptly accept a challenge from his colleague, ifono is received. His personal couragecannot be doubted, they say.BILL ARP PEELING BETTERHis Experience as a Grip Patient?Taking Medicine by the ClockAtlanta Constitution.This is a bright and blessed morning. I feel bettor?a good deal better.Think I will wnto a verso or two ofpoetry. If a sick man has good surroundings it beats medicine Good,cheerful company to call and not slaylong?good children to sympathi/.o audwatch tho clock for mediciuo time,good grandchildron to como and kissyou and go to nud from and talk andmake a noise; a good wife to scold youand tell how imprudent yov have been,aud a good doctor to look at your tongueand choke you with a spoon handleso as to see away down tho esophagus.Hut nature has the best of medicinesstowed away in tho blessed sunshinethat give lifo and vigor to everythinganimal and vegetablo and revives thedrooping spirits of tho sick. It hasbeen a long and hard winter?thecoldest and most disagreeable onehundred consecutive days that wo havehad foryear8. How I envied the goodpeople of Florida whilo I read TomSawyer's rhapsodies in the Clear Waterpaper ovor the advent of spriug withits peach trees aud yellow jessamineperfuming the balmy air with theirfragrant blossoms. Hut it is coming?gentle spring is not far away now anda day like this is its luubiuger.If it wcro not for the daily catalogueof horrible things that headline thedaily papers even a sick man couh* hebo calm and serene ou such a dayas this. An aged country friendtold mc that he had quit takingtho daily papors for it distressedhim to read such things. " I haven'tlong to live," said ho, " and Idon't wish to cloud my mind with adaily record of human misery." Hutmost all people havo to mix up withtho nlTairs of nations and of men andkeep post ed about everything that happens. Wo can't skip tho bad and readthe good only. There is a fascinationabout horriblo things that wo cannotresist. They are tho llrst things wolook for. They oxoito our pity or ourindignation or our wonder. Our childhood began that way for wo never tirodof Jack, the Giant Killer, and Hawhcadaud Hloody Hones and HobinsonCrusoe. And now tho oditor of thopress dispatches carelessly looks ovortho little slips that are laid upon hisdesk and reads " Another explosion intho mines?one hundred killed;"" Another railroad wreck?thirteenkilled," and then rcBUtucs the little anccdolo he was nnrratiug to a friend.We are all growing case hardened topain and grief and suffering for thesame reason that tho surgeon becomescaso hardened to the pain of bis patient.But ever and anon some new horrorcomes along tl.it shocks humanity and astounds the world. I readthree long columns last night about thehorrors of adulterated food in Parisand bow 18,(500 infants died tho lastyear from poisoned milk. How thegreat incorporated dairy companies intho suburban towns havo to deliver800,000 quarts every night. It isskimmed before it is canned and thenis watered 20 per cent before it is puton tho cars. On arrival at their depotsit is delivered in cans to 800 milk boys(garcoua) who get $1.40 a night and asmuch more as they can make by watering tho milk from the hjdranls thatare supplied from the river Soino, theUlthicHt river in all Franco. Quo hundred detectives are employed to watchihese boys, but vho boys havo detectives, too, and are soldom caught or.irres ted. The suporintenncnt of policesays it is impossible for one hundredmen to iollowand watch eight hundredboys and ho now asks for two thousand.This wntorcd milk quickly couis andby tho timo it is delivered to tho retailor at daybreak it has to bo watoredagain with a solution of bicarbonateof soda. This is the milk that suppliesall Paris, and ie daily fed to infantchildron and in a brief timo they takecholera infantum or diarrbie and die.The medical faculty all testified thatthis milk causod the death of over 18,000 infants in Paris in one year andthe mortality was on jhe increase, andibis does not include the deaths ofchildren over one year old. Thoseeight hundred boys are organized intoa poweilul syndicate for protectionand defence. Each pays into theirtreasury $4 a week, making a total of814,000 a month with which to paylawyers' fees and flues and tho wagesof those in jail and to bribe tho citydetectives uot to catch them whenwatering tho milk. They water itwhile the wagons aro on tho go?jumping in behind with cans of wutor. Themilk suspected is turned over to thecity chemiste, who analyze and reportand if the boys are arrested most ofthem cscapo punishment in some corrupt way, but none arc dischargod.Thev go back at once into tho company's service.Hut l'aris is aroused as it never hnsbeen and declares tho death-dealingbusiness shall bo broken up if itlakes two thousand detectives topur.-uo the eight hundred boys.u Our children aro fed on microbesfrom the river Scino," is nowon every tongue. Other cities havetaken up tho cry and Rouen and Dunkirk show a larger death rato of infantsthan l'aris, und now they say no wondertho population of Franco is decreasinginstead of increasing. We are poisoning three-fourths of all tho childrenboforo thoy are a year old and half thoremainder SOOH after. Seme Water,microbes aud bicarbonate of sodalThiB exposure comes from late official sources and is no doubt the truthor vory near it. Just think of it andshudder?18,000 innocent, helplessbabes murdered in one year in one city.Torn Hood wrote a song about the poorsewing women that aroused all London. If ho wero alive in Paris nowwhat a pitiful subject ho would havefor another song. What ashamo uponour sex, for it is not women who dothese things, but men and boys. Thomothers suffer in giving thembirth. They nurso and cherish andclasp the little things to their bosomsand lovo and hope and pray, hut thedesttoyor comes and then all she cando is to grieve and weep. Englandslaughtering the Hocrs and France herinnocent children. What next?A graphic writer in The New YorkPress describes a different kind of horror that wo know not of, but is a living,breathing, seething thing that is notnow, but has come to stay and growsbigger and more horrible as the yearsmove on. He says: "It would havebeen unnecessary for Gustav Doro tofollow Dante for a text in order to picture the horrors of bell." Tbc government has established free baihs at HotSpriuge, wheic thousands of the mostmiserable of all God's creatures congregate aud bathe for relief and a curefrom their loathsome diseases. Thesewretches lcavo their rags upon thecemented lloors which arc an inch deepin water, then stagger or reel or crawlnaked as the (lends in the chambers ofhell. From thence they crowd into athird room where tho water and theair is up to 110, and the stench of foulodors is horrible. In this room aretwo largo pools like vals in a tan yard,and the victims tumble into them likehogs into a mud puddle.No doctor, no soap, no towels, noattendants, and they are soon hurriedout to make room more, forseven hundred a day is the mnximum. Ten, fifteen or twenty at atime soak their loathsome infirmitiesin tho nasty, lllthy, hot healing waters,and then reclolb themselves with theirwet rags and go somewhere to dry. Allare bcnelilcd and 10per centaro cured.What a picture! Their lives, such asthey have made them, aro not worthsaving, hut they cling to them and livein hope and defy despair. Ono hundred and seventy-eight thousand ofthese human being passed through thefree baths last year. Ono hath roomis for white men,em for white women,ono for negro men and ono for negrowomen.Not far away is a magnificent hotel,and there is a fashionable ball goingon. Tho rich, the gay, tho elite arethere. One momenta man is waltzingwith his wife, the next with someother man's wife, tho next with somebody's mistress, and the next with ht?own it listless. Everything goes, andall is hell. A famous physician tookhis daughter there this season, but senther homo quickly to keep her from thecompany of wealthy and diseased parasltis. Almost every ono who goesthere rcgisteis under an assumed namoand plaja incognito during his stay. ASouthern judge was recently calledupon for a toast at a holol banquet andeaid: "Here's to the names wo leftbehind us " Hut the half has not beentold?some of it iB too bad to tell.Every night tho poker rooms arc inblast and thousands won and lost. Thereader ponders and wonders can suchtilings he in this Christian land, and inthis God's country. Verily, the humble and tho poor who live around us onthe hills and in tho valleys or down inthe pincy woods should bo thankfulfor the health amd morality that comesfrom poverty. Burns novor wroto atruer verso than that which says:" And I know by tho smoko that sogracefully curiodProm among tho dark elms that a cottage was near,And I said to myself if then's peace, inthia world,The heart that is humble, might hopefor it hero."Bill Am*.A novel project for tlio raising of ft$100,000 endowment fuud for Aniherst College, to bo presented to thntinstitution in 1022, is under consideration by tho alumni. It is proposedthnt 100 members shall each take out ntwenty-year paid-up policy, in a reputable company, for $1,000, with the,agreement tlmtlho money shall be paidover to tho college at tho expiration oftho twenty years.The WoU ' s GreatestCure for flalana XFfjr all fnrmiftif Malarial polaoning tak? Johnmn'/t Chill and Pevei*Tonic. A taint of Malarial polaonI ''-at In yp'jr bioo?l meann miner? andfailure, Hloodinedlclncncan'tcureMalarial polnonlng. The antidotefor It la JOHNSON'S TONIC,(lot a bottle to-day.Suti 50 Ctiti If It fiorei.fB|?|| Light Biscuit^?Py^l D^iciotf s CakeI iKSl T>aiaty Pastries, Iii :??Fine P?cUings^S^ilj^S^FIaky CrestsTILT-MAN USING PITCHFORKHis Apt and Caustic Reply to theSenator From Michigan.The Souato had under considerationthe Philippine tariff hill, and a number of Senators took part in the general debate on the subject.A resolution offered by Mr. Till manwas adopted, directing the civil servicecommission to transmit to tho Senatea statement showing the apportionmentof the employes in the various departments of tho governments from theseveral Slates and the District ofColumbia, together with tho percentages of employes in the departments.Mr. Burrows saidithnt.Cougrcss wasdealing with Philippine questions asthey were found now aud not asthey had been in tho past or might bein the future.? We hold," said he, " tho Philippine islands by a title that ennncf bechallenged by any court in Christendom. We have become responsiblefor them to the nations of tho world.The pending bill simply provides revenues suflluient to meet the needs ofthe government of the Philippines."While the Michigan Senator wasreading the proclamation of PresidentMcKinley known as the " benevolentassimilation" proclamation, Mr. Tillman interrupted to inquire if he contended that the President had authority to issue that proclamation." No doubt of it," replied Mr. Burrows. While tho treaty had not beenratified, he said, the President hudample authority to issue such a proclamation as a guide to the militarycommanders in the Philippines." In other words," suggested Mr.Tillmail, " although that proclamationsedulously ignored the political statusof the Filipinos, it was expected thatI he 0,000,000 of people would accedeto its provisions."Air. Culberson interrupted to saythat the proclamation was consideredso extreme that a part of it was suppressed by Genoral Otis.Mr. Burrows declined to be divertedfurther from his argument by Mr. Tillman as ,i the questions of the Senatorfrom South Carolina evidently are notintended to illuminate the subject."Mr. Burrows contended that whilethe Filipinos desired a good government they did i ot, as a whole, desireindependence, because it was realizedby the best informed of them that anindependent government in thearchipelago was neither practicable nor desirable. The Filipinos, heasserted, were not prepared cither by'education or experience, for independence, and could not maintain it if itwere granted to them.Mr. Tillman presented a number ofpublic documents, as he said, in refutation of statements made by Mr. Burrows. These papers genera.ly boreupon the treatment by the UnitodSlates of the inhabitants of newlyacquired countries and were intendedto show that they have in the past beenreeoived as citizens. He laid especialstress upon the difference of thecircumstances connected with the acquisition of Louisiana and those connected with the acquisition of thePhilippines. The former ho characterized as Democratic expansion?andtho latter as Republican subjugation.^Speaking of tho Philippines, hej said 4that our conduct in those islands hadbeen so infamous that it should causea blush of shame to mantle the cheeksof every American.Quoting rrc8idcnt McKinlcy's nnnouueoment thai wo must pursue nmethod of 41 benevolent assimilation'"of the Filipinos, Mr. Tillman said thaitho assimilation which had beenpractised could be contrasted to nothing so well as the parable of the lainband the lion. It would he found, liesaid, when they should pet up that thelamb would bo inside the lion. Hospoke of the effort of building upAmerican schools in tho PhilippinesM as mawkish sentimentality," uiyingthat tho system could be of no avail inviow of the fact that the teachers sentovor know nothing of the language oftho Filipinos and the Filipinos nothingof tho English language. " And yet,"ho said, " this is the system advocatedby tho oleaginous Senator from Michigan and presumably endorsed by hisconstitutors, tho people of Michigan."Taking this to be the position of thopeople of that State, ho exclaimed," May God have mercy on their pusillanimous souls."Replying to Mr. Tillman, Mr. Foraker Haiti that the people of Louisianahad not been allowed lo elect a Governor or tho judiciary of that territory,and that the government established inI the Philippines is far more liable thanthe government established in Louisiana by Jefferson and tho DemocraticCongress of that day.Interrupting, Mr. Tillman said thePnsidettt appoints tho govornors of allterritories, and admitting this, Mr.Foraker said that no more authority isrequested now in the case of tho Philippines. This 8lalemout led Mr. Tillmano say that Congress had granted no, uth rity for such appointment.?Tho Governor of tho Philippinesis tho Governor by appointment," saidMr. Forakor in reply, M and ho is asmuch as Mr. Claiborne was 'Governorof Louisiana, under Jcfforson'a appointment."Tillmau and Money ])olh colled alien lion to tho fact that Claihorno'snomination had been confirmed by theSenate, while no such confirmationhud taken place in the caso of Governor Taft.Mr. Foraker said thai neither in thecase of Louisiana nor the Philippineshad Ihe people been bought when thoterritory became part ol* tho UnitedS ales, and there is, ho contended, nomore attempt to govern tho people ofthe Philippines without their consentthan there was in the case of the people of Louisiana, when Tillmau andCaimack made the point that an ear"promise of Statehood had been ma'in Ihe case of Louisiana.A WEALTHY ENGINE DRIVEL.Young Cornelius Vanderbilt aSuccessful Railroad Man andInventor.Among tho young railroad menthere is no one more talked about thanCornelius Vanderbilt. He has beensuccessful in his chosen profession,that of railroad engineer, and there aresome people who consider this remarkable, simply because ho does not haveto 1)0 a railroad engineer unless Iwishes to. 11 is father did not loa1Iii in as much money as he did 1brother, and in the settlement of I'tale he received only $7,000,UOO. ?this trilling sum as a start, howovi i,ho has done very well.It has been only seven years siucohe graduated from Yale, but in thesoseven years he has managed to do anumber of things. He has worked inthe railway shops and learned all aboutthe making of an engine. He haspatented a number of inventions ofgreat importance in the railway business. Ho has become a nationalguardsman and dabbled in politics alittle, lie has become a public ollicial,being now a member of the municipalcivil service board. Kfforts have beenmade to induce him to run for oflicc?but he is a very level-headed youngman.Ilia best known invention is a patentlire-box for the economical working oflocomotives, which has been successfully tried on nine of the principalrailroads and which bids fair to comeinto general use. lie also invented atank car that has many points of superiority over the old style car. The demand for tank cms is greater thanover before known ud this promisesto be a very valu; . pat ut.Kver siuec he < < out of college hehas been a very i and hard working young man. lit. i3 striving hard toprove that a sllvei .<poon in a boy'smouth does not u (ssarily press upward so as to nhV ho brain. lie isconvinced, evid- !y, that the onlyway to have a m 1 < worth having is tomake it for yours- li.A great deal has been said andprinted about this young man, but heis not a notoriety seeker. He is justas modest as any other man of his agoin his own business, and hisfrit nds say that the attentionhe receives in certain ways annoys himgreatly.Not long ago he gave a supper tosome of those in ins militia company.A great deal was printed of tho factthat one of his guests was a man v\hodrives a cab. At this supper he saidto one of his friends: " I am haviia splendid lime tonight, but what wdes me. is the fact that the papers ;going to have a 1 write up ' of it.wish they wouldn't. 1 wish 11would let me bo." Tho papers h.their " write up" all right, but theydid not get any of their informationfrom the host.Mr. Vanderhilt is modest and doesnot like to talk about himself, lie hasno press agent and does not understand why the fact that he gets downto his desk at the New York CentralOffice in time each morning and atlondsto his business during the day shouldinterest the public any more, than thosame fact concerning any other employe of tho road.Besides boiug an inventor, .. .Vaudorbilt ? al3<> something < *writer on mechanical subjects, ?has read several papers beforetilic bodies. Ho has addrct eAmorican Society of Mechot ical engineers and lectured at the SheflioldSciontih'J school at Yale. Tho addresses nave attracted a great deal ofattention."M.m;yhna not been ablo to ',.?.ophim from amounting to something,"was what was recently said of him, bya wcll kuown railroad oa&n, who addI ed: " Tho odd thing about tn> is thatovory oue seems to think this is *?eryIt is not probable that Mr. Vandorbilt when working in tho shops andporing over plans for boilers, wastesany time iu contemplating tho fac'.that he is sotting an cxamplo for otherI young mon of groat wealth, but at thotamo tune tho public attention ho hasi.ttracted has boon largely on accountof tho fact that he presents such attrong contrast to most young men siluatod as ho is situated.?New YorkCommercial.